Graduated from the Saratov State Sobinov Conservatoire in 1982 and was engaged by the Saratov Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet.
Trained at La Scala, Milan, from 1983 – 1984.
Mariinsky Theatre soloist since 1989.
Has performed as a guest artist at the world?s leading opera houses, among them La Scala, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London), and the Metropolitan-opera (New York).